During the match the Knight’s Nicole Rathman put on a clinic on how to dominate the net, and helped Lahser best Clarkston 3-1. ?(Rathman) is just tough to defend. There’s not much you can do about it,? said Clarkston Coach Kelly Avenall. ‘Watching my team defensively, they started trying to cheat and make some defensive […]
When Lathrup won the opening tip of the Wolves’Chargers rematch on Feb. 4, there was a definite ‘And away we go? feeling in the CHS gym. The Chargers broke the time line and cautiously poked at the Clarkston defense: passes to the wings probed for weakness, a hard dribble move scanned for a misstep and […]
The Wolves boys and girls ski teams had a little more trouble with Lake Orion on Feb. 1 and 2 than normal. However Clarkston persevered and both teams now stand at 9-0 on the season. The girls team faced an undefeated Lake Orion squad; however, the Wolves came out of the action with an unblemished […]
Clarkston wrestling watched any hope of winning the league from their grasp as they went 1-1 at the double dual meet on Feb. 7. The Wolves bested Waterford Mott 46-36, but suffered defeat to West Bloomfield 39-38. ‘We had a more than one weakest link today,? said Clarkston Coach Joe DeGain. Clarkston’s Braden L’Amoreaux, Josh […]
BY NOAH PURCELL Clarkston News Staff Writer Molly Arnold rides through life the same way she rides her horse cooly with an air of confidence bred by experience and knowledge far beyond her years. She is 13 and sits on the cusp of her first professional rodeo. She is 13 and she has survived a […]
Consistent play is what Clarkston hockey Coach Bryan Krygier preached early this season with his team mired at 5-4. The Wolves have listened, and now find themselves at 11-5 (8-2) and ranked fourth in Division I by the Coaches Association poll. Most recently Clarkston triumphed over Grosse Pointe North 8-3 on Jan. 26 and followed […]
The Clarkston swim team got off the schneide in a big way on Jan. 27. The Wolves blew Hazel Park out of the water, registering a 138-32 victory. A Clarkston swimmer finished first in each of the eleven events. Josh Badgerow was a standout swimmers winning the 100 and 200 freestyle races. He also teamed […]
There are two possible explanations for a coach to clear his bench. One, the team is playing pathetically poor, or two, the team is playing fantastically well. On Jan. 28 the Wolves gave their coach, Dan Fife, both reasons to call for his second unit. The bench was deployed after the Clarkston starters let the […]
The Wolves volleyball team has a dominating presence in senior Stephanie Parkin, and two other quality front line players in senior Carolyn Murdock and junior Laura Kupe. The problem is Clarkston has struggled all year to set their best players up. The Wolves? loss to Farmington, 3-1, on Jan. 31, featured the same breakdowns Clarkston […]
Both the boys and girls teams put up perfect scores in the slalom and giant slalom against Waterford United and Detroit Country Day on Jan. 26 and 27. Clarkston also dispatched Cranbrook, along with the other schools at Pine Knob, to bring the record for both the Wolves? boys and girls teams to 8-0. On […]